Misc

I use my QNAP NAS to download backups from my root server. The backups are downloaded via rsync and are piling up on an external HDD of the NAS. For this, I have to ensure that there is always enough…Read more

I recently bought a QNAP TS-219 II NAS and am quite happy with it. The best thing is, that you can log in via SSH and do your own stuff. This own stuff includes installing packages using ipkg and even…Read more

Each year I watch the talks at the Chaos Communication Congress and feel especially inspired by @ioerror and @RogerDingledine talking about the Tor network. “The Onion Router” (Tor) is an Internet anonymity tool that allow to establish network connections without…Read more

Quite often I try to play videos encoded in mkv on my playstation 3 over the network. I use PS3 Media Player on my Mac. Unfortunately, PS3 Media Player tries to transcode the mkv video to mp4 before streaming it…Read more

Update: Added information on how to close screen without loosing Teamviewer. Teamviewer is a remote desktop solution comparable to VNC. However, a significant difference is that Teamviewer offers a central server which allows to traverse NAT and also control PCs…Read more